"Heh, fair enough (I'm assuming you meant "suspension of DISbelief). Anywho, there are plenty of reasons to be happy, which have nothing to do with belief. Heck, meeting a puppy on a walk is enough, but I don't think that you made this…"

"I think you're discovering something I've lived with (cheerfully) all my life. Things like how thumping someone on the head always just knocks them out. When it's far more likely to either just hurt them, or on the other end of the…"

"Okay, I can't say I've been in your position. I wasn't raised to believe in anything other than evidence and I've always been a naturally happy person. BUT - I found this, which sounds like this person was in a similar spot to…"

What is true is already so.Owning up to it doesn't make it worse.Not being open about it doesn't make it go away.And because it's true, it is what is there to be interacted with.Anything untrue isn't there to be lived.People can stand what is true,for they are already enduring it.—Eugene GendlinThe litany of GendlinSee More

"Well, perhaps you need to realize that nothing has changed. You still live in the same universe you did when you thought you lived in one with a creator. Only that belief has changed. Anything that made you happy outside that belief before is still…"

"I totally get needing a hunting rifle or something for protection in places like that. But I don't think guns need to be totally outlawed. Just have background checks and licenses (like you need to drive a car...) and don't sell assault…"

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What is true is already so.Owning up to it doesn't make it worse.Not being open about it doesn't make it go away.And because it's true, it is what is there to be interacted with.Anything untrue isn't there to be lived.People can stand what is true,for they are already enduring it.